Improvement in target-alarms



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ANDREAS ANDERHUB, NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSGNOR T0 JQHN BAYER, OF SME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 112,204, dated February 28, 1871.

iMPROVEMENT iN TARGET-ALA-RMS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom, it may concern 'Be it lznown that I, ANDREAs ANDERHUB, ofthe city., county, and State of New York, have invented 2t new andImproved Target-Alarm; dnd I do herehy declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will ennble'thoseskilled in the art to ineke and use the seme, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming pztrt oi' this specification, in whichdrawing- Figilre l represents a, rear view of' this invention.

Figure 2 is a vertice-l section of the same, the line wx, tig. 1,indicating the piene of section.

Similar letters indica-te corresponding parts rJShis invention consistsin the arrangement of an escnpemcnt-wheel, to which motion isimpztrtedby a, weight or spring, and which, when permitted to revolve,imparts motion to one or more rock-shafts carrying drum-sticks or otherdevices capable of giving an alarm, incombination with t ni'ovztbiecenter plug in the target which is attached to a hinged rod providedwith a, nose, which forms a stop for zt lever furnished with echeck-piece to :tri-est the motion of the -escapement-wheel in such a,manner that, whenever the center-plug oi' the target is hit, thecheck-lever is released and the alarm is given, and by depressing thecheck-lever the center-plug is permitted to return to its originalposition and the motion ofthe escapcrnentwheel is stopped.

In the drawing- The letter A designates a target, the center-plugB ofwhich is made detached from the body'of the tzu'- get and secured to nrod, G, which is connected tothe frame of the target by n hinge joint,a, and subjected tothe action of a spring, b, which has a. tendency tokeep said rod together with the center-plug out in the position shown iniig. l.

From the front side of the rod O projects n nose, c, which forms 'a stopfora lever, D, that is pivoted to the inner surface of the frame, andfrom which extends en arm, el, which forms the check for the esezniement-wheel E.

A spring, c, has :t tendency' to carry the lever upward so as to throwthe check d out of the path ot' the escnpement-wheel. Y

The cscapement-wheel is mounted on :t shaft, f, and the studs or cogs gprojecting therefrom :tot on levers la, which extend from rock-shaftst', and which are subjected to the action of springs j, one of whichdraws its lever down and the other up.

-The escztpemencwheel is driven by a, weight orspring, sind if thedriving power is wound up and the cheeklever is caused to releasethe,escapeinent-wheul, this` wheel revolves sind inipztrts'lnotion tothe rock-shaft. fi.

lo the. outer ends oi' the rock-shafts are secured drum-sticks k or anyother device npnble of giving an alan-m.

Whenever the center-plng is hit, the nose c is caused to release thecheck-lever D, the escztpement-Wheel is set free and the alarm is set inmotion.

This device is intended for targets used in shootinggalleries Wherebolts or small bullets are fired, usuali y from air-guns, and the alarmmechanism is so constructed that it is set in motion Whenever anyportion of the center-plug is hit.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The nose c, on the rod C, which carries the centerplug B of a target, incombination with the checklever D and d, escapement-whcel E, lever h.,and alarm shafts i, all constructed :1nd operating substantially in themanner herein shown nud described.

This specification signed by me this 30th day Qt' November, 1870.

ANDREAS ANDERHUB.

Witnesses W. HAUFF, C. WAHLERS.

